Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-16
The Continuation of the Pacific Rail-
way Investigation at Denver
and the Result Thereof. /
Henry II. Teller Testifles and Says that
Ex-senator Hill Preyaricates
In Certain Matters.
Bearing ON the Election of United States
Senator in the Centennial State
of Colorado Other Rail.
way News.
THE PACIFIC INVESTIGATION.

Il THE PACIFIC INVESTIGATION.
DENVER, July 12.-The Pacific railroad
investigating committee included United
States Senator Henry M Teller, ex.Gover
nor John Evans, Edward Eddy, general
manager OF the Grant Smelling & Reinins
Company; w. A. H. Love'and, a forme,
director of the Union Pacific; Chas. Wheeler
formerly auditor of the Denver & South
Park railroad. Edward Eddy testified az
to the rebates received from the Union
Pacific Company and produced a contrac,
Of the Grant Smelling Company with the
Union Pacific, dated July 1882, to run 70,
twenty-five years, in which contract the
railroad agreed to do all necessary switch
ing and to put in all necessary side tracks
for the smelter free of charge. in return fol
which the smelling company agreed to send
Pacific road. Witness said he considered
this agreement still in force, notwithsta nd
ing the Interstate Commerce law. Charles
| Wheeler and Ex-Governor Evans testified
az to the transfer of the entire control ol
the Denver & South Park railroad to Jay
Goulo and the Union Pacific. Mr.. Love.
land testified that Jay Gould and Sidney
Dillon had once suggested to him that he
should
RUN FOR GOVERNOR OF COLORADO.
He denied that they had suggested he
| should run for the United States Senate.
United States Senator Teller was then
sworn. and in reply to questions by Com
missioner Littler he testified that he did
not believe there was g. word of truth in
| the statement made before this Commis-
sion yesterday to the effect that monied
1 hi hv fho do
during the last Senatorial contest in Colo
| RADIO. He did not believe that railroad
had put up dollar for the purpose OF
electing any Senator; certainly not a dollar
to help the candidate who became success
| ful-meaning himself. II the Union Pacific
extended any influence, which the Senator
would not say it did, it would be an infln-
ence against him, as he had been known to
favor State supervision OF railroads. He
expressed himself as quite willing that this
commission should examine exhaustively
| into the question of his election. His
whole
consisted of $500 contributed to the Re-
publican Committee OF his county, which
was less than he had contributed when
not a candidate for Office, and his hotel
bill at Denver was SOL. In reply to a
question by Governor Pattison he testi-
tilted that the firm of which he hal been a
member until 1882. which consisted of his
brother and himself and another lawyer.
had been attorneys for the Union Pacific
Company part OF the time on a salary OF
eight or nine thousand dollars a year, but
said that at that time be had no connec-
tion with the firm nor with the railroad.
In reply to g. question by Commissioner
Anderson, he said he did not believe that
the United States should itself attempt to
run a railroad. He saw no warrant in the
constitution for the assumption Of such
function by the Government. He thought
it would be better for the Government to
specify q regular annual sum which it would
or might require the Union Pacific Com
it's net earnings. as the latter plan would
lead to disputes as to what the net earn
ipgs really we're.
OTHER WITNESSES.
Among the witnesses examined to-day by
the Pacific Railroad Investigation Commis-
sion were j. K. Choate. Superintendent of
the Colorado Division of the Union Pacific,
J. B. Felker, formerly State Railroad Com
missioner for Colorado, Willard Teller, one
of the local attorneys for the Union Pacific,
L.
Evening Telegram, and local merchants.
Mr.. Choate was examined as to the services
rendered by him in connection with rail
road legislation. He testified that he talked
with most all of the members OF the legisla-
ture who were hostile to the railroad
during the session of the last winter.
He had endeavored to ascertain the
cause of their hostility in each case,
and whenever they had special grievances,
endeavored to remove the cause OF hos
tilitv. He had talks and informal meet
nvassed with then, the position OF tile
difference. He denied with emphasis hav-
ing ever offered any money or other consld-
Grafton to members for the purpose OF IN
f1uencing votes; but admitted that he had
given passes to all members, which all the
roats in Colorado had done. he said, and
on application OF friendly members he had
given passes to their friends. This
he. had not done for the members
who were hostile to the railroads.
r. H. SETH.
editor of the Denver Evening Telegram.
when being questioned as to whether the
railroads or the people won in the last
state election, said the Republican party
had won, that the people had had a hard
struggle with the railroads and the people
| had got on top. AZ this seemed to imply
that the Democratic party was the rail
roads party, Governor Pattison with some
| warmth, pressed the witness to tell what
measure hostile to the railroads had been
passed by that legislature. The witness
finally answered that the railroads ..ad
not got hurt much, as no hostile measure
had been passed. Joha Martin,
merchant of Denver testified as to dlscrim-
mating rates and expressed the conviction
that the railroads should be made to pay
it's debt to The government, when the debt
| matured. Robert H. Rubridge, Secretary
of the Marshall Co IL Mining Company Of
Colorado, testified as regards rebates
allowed his CONF anv by the Union Pacific
from November, So to April, 1887. The
amonnt aggregated S22. 900. The sgree-
ment to give rebateslwas made. he said, in
| consideration Cf the withdrawal Dy
the Marshall Company OF a law SUIT
it had against Il q zion Pacific.
MASON B. CARPENTER.
a member OF the State Senate, said he did
not know Of any money being used by the
raj roads or others in the senatorial fight.
He did not believe dollar had been paid
to influence votes. J. B. Felker testified
that the facilities for business offered by
thu Union Pacific company were about the
same as were offered by the other roads
State Senator Campbell, in reply to in
ouiries by Commissioner Littler, testified
as to the action of the legislative commit
tee that investigated the Teller-Hill con-